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CYTOLOGICAL

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Of or relating to the science of cytology

Synonyms:

cytologic; cytological

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

cytology (the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells)

Derivation:

cytology (the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells)

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A liquid preservative for cytological materials, consisting of methanol and glacial acetic acid in an approximately 3:1 ratio.

(Methacarn, NCI Thesaurus)

Moderate cytological atypia is present with some loss of nuclear polarity, nuclear crowding or hyperchromatism.

(Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-2, NCI Thesaurus)

Cytological and architectural atypia may be absent or minimal, or significant enough to raise the possibility of atypical ductal hyperplasia or ductal carcinoma in situ.

(Columnar Cell Lesion of the Breast, NCI Thesaurus)

An invasive breast adenocarcinoma with cytological and immunophenotypic characteristics of apocrine differentiation in more than 90 percent of the malignant cells.

(Invasive Apocrine Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Mild cytological atypia is present.

(Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-1, NCI Thesaurus)

Severe cytological atypia is present.

(Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-3, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to adenomas, adenocarcinomas show greater cytological atypia, increased frequency of mitoses, regional variation in growth pattern, more papillary structures, have size over 5 mm in diameter, show invasion of vessels, large airways or pleura, as well as lymphatic and hematogenous metastases.

(Adenocarcinoma of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

It is characterized by the presence of morphologic features of dysplasia (e.g., architectural and cytological epithelial alterations) or, in a minority of cases, lack of such morphologic features, as in colonic sessile serrated adenomas/polyps.

(Gastrointestinal Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Any one of the major conceptual subdivisions, based on characteristic cytological and biochemical events, during M Phase of the eukaryotic cell cycle that occur in the order Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase and lead toward nuclear division.

(M Phase Substage, NCI Thesaurus)

Any one of the major conceptual divisions of the eukaryotic cell cycle, based on characteristic cytological and biochemical events, that occur in the order G1 (Gap 1)-S (Synthesis)-G2 (Gap 2)-M (Mitosis) and lead to cell division.

(Cell Cycle Phase, NCI Thesaurus)